Manmohan Acharya
Manmohan Acharya was a poet and lyricist from India. His Sanskrit poems and lyrics have been put to music and danced to in the Odissi classical Indian dance form. A devotional song from his Gitamohanam was featured in the 2009 Bollywood movie, The Desire. He was also a researcher and published author.
Early life
Manmohan Acharya was born in 1967 in Lathanga, a village in the Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, India to Pandit Mayadhar Acharya and Parvati Devi.Poetry
His poetry includes the following works:- Gitamohanam. One of its devotional songs features in the 2009 movie The Desire.
- Gita-bhaaratam. A compilation of patriotic songs.
- Gita milindam consists of 15 songs with different rhythms.
- Palli-panchaasika - a Sanskrit minor poem
- Subhasa-charitam - in Mahakavya style
- Sri Sivananda-Laharika - in Kāvya style
- ''Yati-giti-satakam''
Dance drama
- Arjuna-Pratijnaa
- Shrita-kamalam
- Pada-pallavam
- Divya-Jayadevam
- Ravana
- Pingalaa
- Mrtyu
- Sthitaprajnah
- Tantram
- Purva-sakuntalam
- ''Uttara-sakuntalam''
Translation
- '' Gitagovinda of Jayadev as Gitagovind Rasaavali''
Research
- Sistaachaara
- Maagha And Bhanja in Picture Poetry
- Indian Trend of Human Rights
- An Algebraic Operation in Vedic Mathematics;
- Sharadindu-sundara-ruchih devi, Vani vaa Shakti-ruupini;
- Sixty Four Arts, A Study;
- Contribution of Sanskrit in Advancement of Oriya Language;
- An Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Yajurvedic Upanishads
- Vedic Research In Orissa during 20th Century
- Mind in Shiva-samkalpa hymn, A psycho-philosophical Analysis
- Bhaarata-pamkaja-dalamidam Utkal-mandala-miti viditam yat;
- Description of Heart in Upanisads
- Concept of Human Rights in Vedic Tradition;
- Vedic Trend of Human Rights vrs. Varna- Ashrama System;
- Financial Emergency : Kautilya's Arthashastra vis-a-vis Indian Constitution;
- Kavivara- Bhaarata-varsham Shrauta-puraatanamaarsham;
- Tarka Vaachaspati Madhusudan Mishra, A study
- Map of Puranic India
Awards
- Sanskrit Eloquency Award, Vikram University, Ujjain, M.P., 1990
- Vanikavi Award from Vanivinodi Parishad, Utkal University, 1991
- Doctor of Philosophy from Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University, 2003
- Gita-Saarasa Award from Christ College, Cuttack administration, 05.02.2005
- Delhi Sanskrit Academy Award for instant poem writing, 2007
- Ananda Bharadvaja Sammanah, 2007
- Lokakavyanidhi Award, from All India Lokabhasa Prachara Samiti, Puri, 2008
- Bharata-Bharati-Samman from National Sanskrit Sahitya Academy, 2009
- Abhinava Jayadeva Samman, 2009, Bhaktakavi Sri Jayadeva Samaroha samiti
- Sanskrit Sangeet Nataka Academy Award, 2010
- Fellowship of Vachaspati from Saraswati Research Institute
- Chinta Chetana National Baisakhi Award, 2012
Death